George Washington for Kids, His Life and Times [ages 9 and up. 130 pages. 50 images,maps, places to visit, web sites, further reading, bibliography, index. Chicago Review Press. ISBN: 9781556526558]

He loved the theater, gambling, and dancing, but possessed a fierce temper. He received little formal schooling, but met life’s lessons head-on to become an innovative farmer, tinkerer, and problem solver. Tall and athletic, he became a leader of men . . . read more

Benjamin Franklin arrived in Philadelphia in 1723 as a 17-year-old runaway. A charming, creative young man not afraid of hard work, Franklin soon found a job at a local print shop, met the woman he’d eventually marry, and attracted the attention of Pennsylvania’s governor. A decade later, . . . read more

An architect, musician, statesman, farmer, dreamer and inventor, Thomas Jefferson had few equals among this nation’s founders. Left fatherless at age fourteen, Jefferson was a hard-working scholar who came into hisown as a lawyer and county leader. Elected to the Virginia Assembly in 1769, , . . . read more

Growing Up in Revolution and the New Nation tells the story of young look into the past, discover how the United States transformed from a rebellious colonial youth into a nation seeking its place in the world, and how its first generation matured with it.

Declaring Independence illuminates the struggles of loyalists and patriots, men and women, African Americans and Native Americans during the tumultuous years 1763 to 1783.

"Touching on both everyday life and important events before, during and after the

Revolutionary War, this well-written history provides general information, but more interesting are the quotes from King George, governors, and lay people who played pivotal roles" The Horn Book Guide, Jan-June 2005

"A revealing look at the ideas that pushed the revolution forward . . ." School Library

Journal Curriculum Connections, Spring 2006

Bank Street College Children's Book Committee Best Children's Book of the Year

In Dressed For the Occasion, author Brandon Marie Miller traces the often surprising and always revealing story of American fashion. Drawing on period diaries, letters, advertisements, and other sources, she takes you from fashion's beginnings in the New World to the 1960 retro look.

"An excellent overview. . . .Interesting tidbits, such as what was under those hoop

Using journal entries and letters home, Miller lets the women speak for themselves in tales of courage, enduring spirit and adventure. Women of the Frontier also recounts the impact pioneers had on those who already lived in the west. As white settlers gobbled up the lands of Native Americans and people of Spanish descent, the clash of cultures brought pain to many. The heart-rending stories of cousins Rachel Plummer and Cynthia Ann Parker, captured by the Comanche, ended in very different ways . . . read more

In colonial America, hard work proved a constant for most women - some ensured their family's survival through their skills, while others sold their labor or lived in bondage as indentured servants or slaves. Yet even in a world defined entirely by men, a world where few thought it important to record a female's thoughts, women found ways to step forth. Elizabeth Ashbridge survived an abusive indenture to become a Quaker preacher. Anne Bradstreet penned her poems while raising eight children in the wilderness. . . . read more